--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > On Mar 12, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Irmeli Mattsson wrote: > > > > > > > It is just the observation that evolving in nature happens > > > > through errors and in animals also by avoiding the mistakes > > > > and as even in a more advanced form humans can sometimes > > > > also learn from mistakes. I consider the manifest creation > > > > to be expression of God or one aspect of God. > > > > > > Ah, a Creator God. Yeah, they screw up all the time, esp. > > > at the start. :-) > > > > LOL. > > > > Being essentially a Buddhist w.r.t. to "creation" > > (that is, believing that there never *was* one, and > > that the universe has always been, is now, and will > > always be) I've always been interested in how much of > > theology seems to be based on linear thinking. > > > > If one begins with the assumption that there was a > > creation (a start), and that things evolve towards > > dissolution (an end), then the need to posulate a > > Creator intellectually arises. > > > > If you further assume that there have been multiple > > creations, with a 'gap' between the dissolution of > > one and the creation of the next, *again* the need > > to postulate a Creator arises. (Because if the 'next' > > creation actually is 'created,' then some Creator > > energy or intelligence must have been present during > > the 'gap' between creations to create the next one. > > > > On the other hand, if one starts with the assumption > > that the universe is eternal, and that there has never > > been a moment in which it was not manifest, and never > > will be, then there is no intellectual need to postu- > > ate a Creator. The need for a Creator is very much > > dependent on the assumption that there was once a > > creation. > > > +++ Did you read "the greatest miracle" by Og Mandino? > In it was a "memorandom from God" which contained > quite a bit of information on this latest creation.
Haven't read it, or any of his books. > Believing or not is a choice sometimes and, I > enjoyed the story. N I enjoy good stories, too, even the ones associated with gods and creations myths I may not personally believe in. Sometimes a good story is just a good story, similar to the way that a cigar is just a cigar. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
